Harassment

Konoha could rightly be called the center of the Shinobi World. Though the Land of Fire's daimyo was nominally the most powerful person in this world, the one that truly held sway over the Shinobi World's course was this village, which was still steadily growing...

In terms of scale, aside from the few great commercial metropolises of the Shinobi World, nowhere else was more prosperous than this place.

Though the Land of Waves, an emerging small commercial nation, was also developing rapidly with each passing day, it was utterly incomparable to Konoha in terms of foundations.

With the Shinobi World's strongest military force at their backs, Konoha's residents possessed a natural pride that was nothing like the shallow complacency of people from small nations, who took delight in petty advantages.

Here, they had no need to flaunt their status. They simply took it for granted that they had been born in a land favored by fate.

Countless outsiders came to Konoha every day. The well-traveled people of Konoha had no fear that any outsider would dare cause trouble here.

Sunagakure's high-profile invasion of the village more than three years ago had merely been an accident born of collusion from within and without.

Before truly witnessing the full power of the Rinnegan and the strength of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, no one would have believed that any force in the Shinobi World could commit evil within Konoha.

Isaribi, who had arrived in Konoha for the first time, had a wealth of past experience and remained fairly composed. She was better able to handle all manner of strange and unfamiliar things. After a brief adjustment period, she grew accustomed to living in the temporary apartment Konoha had arranged for her and helping Mizuki manage the affairs of the Four Seasons Flower Shop every